CS2 Fracture Case Guide

The Fracture Case is a CS2 weapon case released in August 2020, built around the 17-skin community-made Fracture Collection and topped by two Covert standouts — Desert Eagle | Printstream and AK-47 | Legion of Anubis — with the Operation Shattered Web knives in the rare special slot. This guide covers every skin and knife inside, the real drop odds, current 2026 prices, and whether opening it is actually worth your money. 

What Is the Fracture Case?

The Fracture Case dropped on August 6, 2020, alongside the "On the Case" update, and quickly became one of the most-opened cases in the game thanks to its stacked skin lineup. Unlike active cases, Fracture is no longer part of the weekly drop pool — you won't earn it just by playing, so you'll need to pick one up on the market instead. The upside: it's dirt cheap, typically trading for around $0.50, and the key costs the same $2.50 as any other case. Its rare special items are not knives from a new collection — instead, you're rolling for the Operation Shattered Web knives: Paracord, Survival, Nomad, and Skeleton in over a dozen finishes. For a primer on where cases come from in the first place, see our guide to how to get CS2 cases. 

What Skins Are in the Fracture Case?

The case holds 17 weapon finishes across four rarity tiers, plus the rare knife slot. Here's the full lineup with current 2026 prices. 

Prices from csgoskins.gg, rounded for readability — check the live catalog on Skin.Land before buying. 

Best Fracture Case Skins

Desert Eagle | Printstream

Printstream is the reason most people open this case. Its glossy black-and-white layered design with chrome accents made it an instant classic the day it dropped, and it's still one of the most-worn Deagle skins in pro and casual play alike. For how it stacks up against the full competition, see our roundup of best cheap Desert Eagle skins. 

AK-47 | Legion of Anubis

A slept-on pick that deserves more attention. Legion of Anubis wraps the AK in Egyptian hieroglyphs and gold-on-black detailing that reads cleanly even at higher float values — making Field-Tested a genuinely strong buy at around $30. At roughly $50 in Factory New it's one of the more affordable ways into a Covert AK; for where it sits on the full ranking, see our AK-47 skins tier list. 

The Classified Trio

The three Classified skins are the realistic "good pull" tier for most openings. M4A4 | Tooth Fairy's purple-and-teal fairy-tale palette is the standout, pushing to around $20 Factory New; Glock-18 | Vogue brings a pastel urban aesthetic at a similar price; XM1014 | Entombed is the most common of the three and worth the least, but still a clean skin for its rarity tier. Understanding rarity tiers in general is covered well in our CS2 skins rarity guide. 

What Knives Are in the Fracture Case?

The Fracture Case doesn't include a new knife model — instead, its rare special items are the Operation Shattered Web knives: Paracord Knife, Survival Knife, Nomad Knife, and Skeleton Knife. Each comes in over a dozen finishes including Crimson Web, Slaughter, Forest DDPAT, and Damascus Steel. Prices swing enormously depending on the knife and finish — a Forest DDPAT Paracord Knife in Field-Tested runs around $40, while a Skeleton Knife | Crimson Web in Factory New can push past $1,380. For how these four models compare against the full knife pool, see our CS2 knife tier list. 

Prices rounded for readability — check live listings on Skin.Land before buying. 

What Are the Fracture Case Drop Odds?

Fracture follows CS2's standard case drop rates — same as every other case: 

In plain terms: roughly 4 in 5 openings land you a Mil-Spec skin worth pennies. A Covert (Printstream or Legion of Anubis) shows up about once every 156 openings, and a knife roughly once every 385. For the full breakdown of how case probabilities work across every container, see our CS2 case odds and chances guide. 

Is the Fracture Case Worth Opening?

Statistically, no — like every case, the expected return over time sits below the cost of keys. Opening one Fracture Case costs about $3 (roughly $0.50 for the case plus $2.50 for the key), and around 80% of openings hand you a Mil-Spec skin worth a few cents. The Coverts are desirable — Printstream especially — but at a 0.64% Covert rate you'd expect to spend hundreds of dollars in keys before landing one. 

The knife odds are even longer at 0.26%, and the finish you roll could be anything from a $40 Forest DDPAT Paracord to a $1,380 Skeleton Knife Crimson Web — most will be on the cheap end. If you want a specific skin or knife from this case, buying it outright is almost always cheaper and guaranteed. Treat case opening as entertainment. For cases that offer the least-bad expected value, see which CS2 case is best to open, and for items that actually hold value over time, our CS2 skins to invest in guide is a better starting point than gambling on case odds. 

Where Can You Buy the Fracture Case?

The Fracture Case is no longer in the weekly drop pool, but it's easy to grab on the secondary market. You can pick up a Fracture Case on Skin.Land for around $0.50, then pair it with a standard case key to open. If it's a specific skin you're after — say, Printstream or Tooth Fairy — you can also buy any Fracture Case skin directly without gambling on the odds. 

Can You Rent Fracture Case Skins?

Yes. Valve's skin-rental system launched with the Kilowatt Case in May 2024 and expanded to cover all CS2 and CS:GO cases — including the Fracture Case — by November 28, 2024. Choose "Open for rent" instead of "Open" and you'll unlock all 17 standard weapon skins from the Fracture Collection for seven days, at the cost of the case plus a key. The catch: just like knives in other cases, the Shattered Web knives are excluded from the rental system — you can't rent a Skeleton Knife | Slaughter or Paracord | Crimson Web, only buy them outright. Rented skins disappear from your inventory automatically after the week and can't be traded or sold during that time. Our full guide to renting CS2 skins walks through the process step by step. 

FAQ

What is the best skin in the Fracture Case?

Desert Eagle | Printstream is the standout — a glossy black-and-white Covert that's one of the most popular Deagle skins in CS2. It trades for around $40 in Field-Tested and $80 in Factory New, well ahead of the case's other Covert, AK-47 | Legion of Anubis (~$30 FT / ~$50 FN). 

Does the Fracture Case have knives?

Yes, but not a new knife model. The rare special items are the Operation Shattered Web knives — Paracord, Survival, Nomad, and Skeleton Knife — in finishes like Crimson Web, Slaughter, and Forest DDPAT. Top-end pulls can exceed $1,000 Factory New. The knife drop chance is 0.26%, or roughly 1 in 385 openings. 

How much does the Fracture Case cost?

The case itself trades for around $0.50 on Skin.Land. The real cost is the $2.50 key needed to open it, making each opening roughly $3 total. 

Is the Fracture Case worth opening?

For most players, buying the exact skin you want is better value than opening. The expected return on opening is negative over time. Fracture is one of the more appealing cases to gamble on because both of its Coverts — Printstream and Legion of Anubis — are genuinely desirable, and the Shattered Web knife pool includes some impressive pulls. 

When was the Fracture Case released?

The Fracture Case was released on August 6, 2020, during the "On the Case" update in CS:GO and carried over into CS2. Its skins come from the community-made Fracture Collection of 17 finishes. 

Can you rent skins from the Fracture Case?

Yes — you can rent all 17 standard weapon skins from the Fracture Case for seven days by choosing "Open for rent." The Shattered Web knives are excluded from the rental system, so you can't rent knife finishes like Skeleton Knife | Slaughter; only the regular weapon skins are available to rent.